Good life Quote by Martin Seligman

“Just as the good life is something beyond the pleasant life, the meaningful life is beyond the good life.”

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It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

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What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

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Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

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